Development Ledger · Middle East & North Africa
Iran
HDI rank 75 of 193Upper-middle incomeGDI group 5
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.799
+0.173 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.643
19.5% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
77.7 yrs
Expected schooling 14.0 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$16,096
Mean schooling 10.8 yrs
HDI over Time
Iran against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.888
Education0.749
Income0.768
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.59. A child born today will be 59% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Iran against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.